Home / Articles

Articles & insights

Short reads on single changes in landlord tax: the rules that have just come in, the ones that are coming, and what each one means for your numbers.

Get a fixed-fee quote Free calculators

AAT licensed

UK-wide service

Fixed fees agreed first

Property specialists

3 August 2026EPC band C is confirmed for 1 October 2030 and not yet in forceThe confirmed 1 October 2030 standard, the £10,000 cost cap and the spending that already counts towards it, what happens to existing EPCs, and the band E rules that apply until then.Read the article →

5 August 2026The first quarterly update deadline is 7 August 2026The first MTD deadline for landlords mandated in April 2026, what an update contains, and how the 2026/27 penalty rules treat late updates and late payment.Read the article →28 July 2026The high value council tax surcharge is charged to the landlord as ownerThe announced April 2028 surcharge, why owner liability changes the calculation for a let property, the four value bands, and how it sits alongside ATED for company-held property.Read the article →15 July 2026Incorporation relief stopped being automatic on 6 April 2026The new claim requirement in the Finance Act 2026, what has to be in the claim, what a missed claim costs, and the Ramsay business test that decides whether relief was ever available.Read the article →19 June 2026From 6 April 2027 your rental income has its own, higher tax ratesProperty income rates of 22%, 42% and 47% from April 2027, the Section 24 reducer moving to 22%, the territorial limits, and why companies are not mentioned in the measure.Read the article →25 June 2026Taking money out of your property company got more expensive on 6 April 2026The new dividend rates, the corporation tax layer underneath them including the 26.5% marginal band and the associated companies trap, and why the case for a company now rests on retention.Read the article →15 June 2026Making Tax Digital tests your gross rent, not your profitQualifying income is turnover, not profit, and property and self-employment are added together. The three thresholds, the tax year each is tested on, and what is left out of the test.Read the article →

For the full picture on a topic, browse the guides.

Accredited and regulated

A licensed practice of the Association of Accounting Technicians through Peter Allen MAAT, licence 1001556. ICPA members. Supervised for anti-money-laundering purposes by HMRC. Professional indemnity insurance in place.

AAT licensed

ICPA member

Xero Gold Partner

FreeAgent Partner

Find out what these changes mean for you

Tell us what you own and how it is held, and we will work out what these changes mean for your tax.

Get a fixed-fee quote How we work

The landlord tax email, once a month

One short email covering what has changed in landlord tax, the dates coming up, and one figure to check in your own accounts.

Get a fixed-fee quote